2 Reis 21:7

7 Ele tomou o poste sagrado que havia feito e o pôs no templo, do qual o SENHOR tinha dito a Davi e a seu filho Salomão: “Neste templo e em Jerusalém, que escolhi dentre todas as tribos de Israel, porei o meu nome para sempre.

2 Reis 21:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the
house
Which was either an image that had been placed in a grove planted by him, and now removed into the house or temple of the Lord; or, as some think, this was a representation of a grove, a carved grove of gold or silver, in the midst of which an image was placed in the temple; though what Selden observes ^F2, seems best of all, that this was an image of Asherah, as in the original text; that is, of Astarte or Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, ( 1 Kings 11:5 ) , the same the Phoenicians are said to call Astroarche, and affirm it to be the moon ^F3: in ( 2 Chronicles 33:7 ) it is called a carved image the idol he had made; and an Arabic writer ^F4 says, it had four faces, which seems to be a figure of the cherubim; but, according to Suidas ^F5, it was the statue of Jupiter, who also says it had four faces:

of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son:
that is, of which house or temple:

in this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the
tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever;
see ( 1 Kings 8:29 ) ( 9:3 ) (See Gill on 2 Kings 21:3).

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 De Dis Syris, Syntagm. 2. c. 2. p. 233.
F3 Herodian. l. 5. c. 15.
F4 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 66.
F5 In voce (manasshva) .

2 Reis 21:7 In-Context

5 Nos dois pátios do templo do SENHOR ele construiu altares para todos os exércitos celestes.

6 Chegou a queimar o próprio filho em sacrifício, praticou feitiçaria e adivinhação e recorreu a médiuns e a quem consultava os espíritos. Fez o que o SENHOR reprova, provocando-o à ira.

7 Ele tomou o poste sagrado que havia feito e o pôs no templo, do qual o SENHOR tinha dito a Davi e a seu filho Salomão: “Neste templo e em Jerusalém, que escolhi dentre todas as tribos de Israel, porei o meu nome para sempre.

8 Não farei os pés dos israelitas andarem errantes novamente, longe da terra que dei aos seus antepassados, se tão somente tiverem o cuidado de fazer tudo o que lhes ordenei e de obedecer a toda a Lei que meu servo Moisés lhes deu”.

9 Mas o povo não quis ouvir. Manassés os desviou, a ponto de fazerem pior do que as nações que o SENHOR havia destruído diante dos israelitas.